Willie Jolley

Willie Jolley's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Willie Jolley is "America's Premier Celebrity Speaker - Singer - Author. Inspiring Millions with Music & Motivation!" He is an award winning speaker, a world-class singer, and a best selling author and media personality all in one person! He specializes in Accelerating Success and Growing Businesses by Growing People, Performance and Profits.

Willie Jolley was recently inducted into the Speakers Hall of Fame, a lifetime award for speaking excellence and professionalism. He joined luminaries like Ronald Reagan, Zig Ziglar, Harvey McKay and Les Brown. And in 1999, Willie Jolley was named "One of the Outstanding Five Speakers in the World" by Toastmasters International. Less than 50 speakers worldwide have been bestowed that honor! Former winners include Christopher Reeve, Margaret Thatcher and Colin Powell! In 2003, the McDonald's Corporation named him "A Black History Maker of Today!"

Willie Jolley is a Five Time Washington Area Music Association (WAMMIE) Award Winning singer for "Best Jazz Singer" and "Best Entertainer". His new 'Jolley' music is now the number one downloaded Motivational Music on the Apple I- Tunes site!

More About Willie Jolley . . .
Willie Jolley is the author of two international best selling books, “It Only Takes A Minute To Change Your Life!” and “A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback.” His books have been translated into eight languages. As a co-author of “Go M.A.D. (Go Make A Difference),” a best selling book for youth - teaching life skills and encouraging academic excellence - his message is spreading around the world! And Chicken Soup For The Christian Soul - II features Willie Jolley along with Joyce Meyers, Tony Campolo and Naomi Rhode!

As host of the syndicated radio show “The Willie Jolley Motivational Minute,” Willie Jolley is heard daily in over 50 markets, on the ABC Rejoice Radio Network, The Radio One Praise Network; and on WHUR-FM in Washington, DC. Plus, he writes a column that is syndicated by the National News Press Association and read by over 6 million readers via the internet with the Electronic Urban Report. He’s seen on television with his PBS ground breaking special for teens “Dare 2 Dream, Dare 2 Win” and as a spokesperson for Mercedes Benz and the District of Columbia Government Community Outreach Programs.

Most recently, Willie Jolley wrote an original short story that has been published in the newly released Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul 2, Stories of Faith, Hope and Healing, a recent book in the #1 NY Times best selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Not only is his story in the book but he is featured on the front cover along with Joyce Meyer, Tony Campolo, and Naomi Rhode! Willie Jolley's story is titled "They Got In: ", was selected from thousands of other potential stories to be included in Chicken Soup for the Christian Soul 2 because of its special ability to touch the hearts of people everywhere. 

Willie Jolley is a graduate of The American University and Wesley Theological Seminary. His mission in life is to help people maximize their God given talents and abilities so they can Do More, Be More and Achieve More!

• How To Be Unstoppable!
  

  Willie Jolley shares his strategies on leadership development and how leadership is an action not a position! Great leaders always focus on the possibilities rather than the challenges! They are willing to do what is necessary rather than what is comfortable! Leaders look to develop more leaders rather than more followers! If you are an association executive, sales professional, business executive, entrepreneur or manager, with this program you will experience renewed enthusiasm and push towards reaching and exceeding your goals! This program is designed to develop more leaders and to set them on a course for becoming unstoppable!

• Change Is Good...When Your Attitude is Great
  

  Change Happens! Life Happens! Stuff Happens! In this program, the audience buys into the positive perspectives of change! Change is essential to any growth process. While everybody wants progress, but nobody wants to change! Yet, progress always necessitates change; and change is the key to progress! Willie Jolley shares his "VDAD" (Vision, Decision, Action, Desire) Formula for successfully embracing change! You will leave this program viewing change as an ally - not an enemy! You will leave ready to implement the formula to drive positive change in your organization! You will leave believing that change "truly" is good when your attitude is great!

• Excellence.Is Still the Best Job Security!
  

  "The best way to build your future is to build yourself. And the best way to build your organization is to build your people." Willie Jolley With ongoing corporate downsizing and restructuring, people are painfully aware that job security is a thing of the past! Yet, there are specific attitudes that can be nourished and enhanced to ensure you're always in demand! Learn the strategies for staying employable and being an asset to every organization!

• 5 Simple Steps For 5 Star Success!
  

  Dell, Marriott, Wal-Mart, Sodexho, AllState Insurance, Federal Reserve Board, BlueCross BlueShield, the Marines, Raytheon, Chase Manhattan … they all have a secret! They all use Willie Jolley! In addition, each is relentless in the pursuit of their goals! Each of these organizations is successful and respected within and outside of their sectors. They each set benchmarks that others follow! What common threads weave these private, public and even non-profit operations together in success, other than Willie Jolley? What is their secret? Why do their operations meet and exceed their goals, year after year, while similar operations struggle to stay afloat in a sea of red ink? What is the secret to their success? "5 Simple Steps To 5 Star Success" is Willie Jolley's answer to the age-old question: "What secrets help "5 star" organizations create consistent success? What are they doing that we need to start doing - NOW?!" Willie Jolley's answers come from his work with leading decision makers, spanning more than a decade. In the professional development field, he has helped leaders get their people to believe they can triumph in the face of changing leadership, attitudes and market conditions! While working with "5 star" organizations (companies that grow their people, performance and profits - exponentially) Willie Jolley realized there were consistent, specific strategies (which he later came to call "simple steps") that always co-exist with "5 star" operations. They are called "simple steps" for they are available to all, but practiced poorly and inconsistently in the market place. These "simple steps" create "an incredible program that mixes leadership, change management, teambuilding and customer service... all into one program! This program had such a powerful impact that we had to bring Mr. Jolley back to Japan twice in the same year!" Carlos Saldana, US Marines Corps Community Service, Okinawa, Japan Why might this be important to your organization? Successful organizations know that in order to have consistent "5 star" success you must begin with "5 star" people. And Willie Jolley says, "If you cannot hire "5 star" people… then you must make them!" "5 star" organizations know the value of the "5 star" employee. Investing in the growth and the development of their people is an integral part of their culture! Growing their people helps them beat the competition; and this, of course, is excellent for their bottom line! Willie Jolley says, "the best way to grow your future is to grow yourself; and the best way to grow your organization is to grow your people!" An old saying is, "Happy cows give better milk"… so, motivated people are motivated employees, who give better service and have greater performance and productivity. They pass that enthusiasm on to their customers! Willie Jolley creates a program environment that keeps the audience on the edge of their seats; laughing one moment and in awe the next. Anxious for the next "simple step" they take notes and mob him after his presentations! "5 Simple Steps For 5 Star Success" is the program you need to solidify your "5 star" position in the market place! Now Wake Up! and consider the endless possibilities for your organization for the New Year! Psst…. by the way, Wake Up! is the first "simple step!"

• How To Stage A Stellar Comeback When Life, The Economy Or Your Competition Deals You A Setback!
  

  In this exclusive presentation, Willie Jolley shares techniques, ideas, principles and strategies on how to turn setbacks into comebacks. This program is based on his collection of stories, taken from his best selling book, A Setback Is A Setup For A Comeback. Willie Jolley highlights what ordinary people did to comeback from overwhelming adversity. Furthermore, he He hexplains how to apply these principles to life's trials and tribulations to achieve success! While others may talk about turning setbacks into comebacks, Willie Jolley wrote the book! Do you view your setback as the "end" of the road or just a "bend in the road?" This program will inspire, inform, motivate and educate your attendees to use Willie Jolley's specific strategies to comeback from professional and personal challenges.

"Every so often you hear someone speak, and you find yourself saying, "I wish they would keep going!" Willie is that speaker. He talked about hearing a speaker when he was in high school that opened his eyes and inspired him. On that day the speaker said, there is someone out there that has the seeds of greatness in them, and Willie sat up and thought "I AM THAT ONE!" Willie then turned to us and said that WE had those same seeds, that same potential. I can promise you one thing; every single person in the audience last night thought, "I AM THAT ONE!" Well done, Willie Jolley... well done!"

---Michael Roby
Regional Vice President,
John Hancock Financial Services

"Willie Jolley Is Great! He provides any meeting professional with a partnership necessary to make a successful team and event. He is a master!"

--- Ed Griffin
President
Meeting Professionals International

"Willie Jolley will change your life!"

--- Gladys Knight
World-Renowned Singer